CocoGlow
Well-Known Member
1.5 Year UPDATE
Y'all a sista done fell ALL the way off! ... Ok let me explain ...
2 things went wrong
1) Apparently I was not detangling my hair thoroughly enough because over the Summer, I noticed that all those clumped coiled sections that I attributed to better hydration & sebum coverage were actually mini LOCS!!
2) I could not find the best all natural clarifyers for MY scalp/hair that would not strip my sebum
So what had happened was....
I got spoiled by the "ease" of this regimen and assumed that I was getting rid of ALL of my shed hair during my water rinses under running water, but I wasn't. So my shed hair was getting trapped & slowly formed what I thought were "defined" clumps I see now that I needed to commit to a more thorough finger detangling routine before rinsing.
Fortunately not all of my hair was loc'ing and the sections that did were not yet loc'd from root to tip ...but it did take me a while to remove them ... and I was not happy with the amount of dust/dirt/buildup I found inside of them ... Also I noticed that my hair started looking a bit dusty overall.
That brings me to the 2nd point... the need to clarify
So I tried clarifying with banana baby food since the ACV rinses were useless & drying. The banana baby food was a really nice conditioner and softened my hair but did not clarify. I also tried Kaolin Clay since it is gentler than Rhassoul & Bentonite Clay, but it was really messy and seemed to strip my sebum & dry my hair out anyway. Lastly I used a shampoo bar, and of course it stripped all of my sebum like I expected - but at least my scalp/hair was finally clean! My problem was that every time I tried a new clarifier, it was either too strong or completely useless for the intended purpose
I can say that Water Only Hair Washing is a great regimen if you are fortunate enough to figure out the best all natural clarifiers & conditioners for your hair early on in your journey, because then you would not experience a lot of setbacks and your hair would really thrive. There is a very delicate balance one must master to keep their hair coated (and protected) by sebum but then also not overly coated & dusty LOL.
The detangling issue is one that I need to pay attention to no matter what regimen I have, so that was not really an issue I can attribute to this regimen. Overall, it was an awesome experience discovering my sebum and I learned a lot about myself & my hair, but I honestly got tired of trying different things and then dealing with the aftermath. So now I am back to square one - figuring out a regimen that works best for my hair.
Sorry for the novel ... I just figured someone might be curious about whether or not I was still doing WOW after all this time. Hope it helps
Y'all a sista done fell ALL the way off! ... Ok let me explain ...
2 things went wrong
1) Apparently I was not detangling my hair thoroughly enough because over the Summer, I noticed that all those clumped coiled sections that I attributed to better hydration & sebum coverage were actually mini LOCS!!
2) I could not find the best all natural clarifyers for MY scalp/hair that would not strip my sebum
So what had happened was....
I got spoiled by the "ease" of this regimen and assumed that I was getting rid of ALL of my shed hair during my water rinses under running water, but I wasn't. So my shed hair was getting trapped & slowly formed what I thought were "defined" clumps I see now that I needed to commit to a more thorough finger detangling routine before rinsing.
Fortunately not all of my hair was loc'ing and the sections that did were not yet loc'd from root to tip ...but it did take me a while to remove them ... and I was not happy with the amount of dust/dirt/buildup I found inside of them ... Also I noticed that my hair started looking a bit dusty overall.
That brings me to the 2nd point... the need to clarify
So I tried clarifying with banana baby food since the ACV rinses were useless & drying. The banana baby food was a really nice conditioner and softened my hair but did not clarify. I also tried Kaolin Clay since it is gentler than Rhassoul & Bentonite Clay, but it was really messy and seemed to strip my sebum & dry my hair out anyway. Lastly I used a shampoo bar, and of course it stripped all of my sebum like I expected - but at least my scalp/hair was finally clean! My problem was that every time I tried a new clarifier, it was either too strong or completely useless for the intended purpose
I can say that Water Only Hair Washing is a great regimen if you are fortunate enough to figure out the best all natural clarifiers & conditioners for your hair early on in your journey, because then you would not experience a lot of setbacks and your hair would really thrive. There is a very delicate balance one must master to keep their hair coated (and protected) by sebum but then also not overly coated & dusty LOL.
The detangling issue is one that I need to pay attention to no matter what regimen I have, so that was not really an issue I can attribute to this regimen. Overall, it was an awesome experience discovering my sebum and I learned a lot about myself & my hair, but I honestly got tired of trying different things and then dealing with the aftermath. So now I am back to square one - figuring out a regimen that works best for my hair.
Sorry for the novel ... I just figured someone might be curious about whether or not I was still doing WOW after all this time. Hope it helps